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Form  No.  471 


ADDRESS 


OF  THE 


Bishop  of  North  Carolina 


TO  THE 


Convention  of  the  Diocese. 


1907. 


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ADDRESS 

OF    THE 

Bishop  of  North  Carolina 

1907. 


Brethren  of  the  Clergy  and  Laity: 

In  this  town  of  Tarborough  was  held  the  first  Convention 
of  Clergy  and  Laity  in  the  State  of  North  Carolina,  in  the 
year  1790.  Since  that  day  of  small  things,  of  failure,  and 
of  hope  deferred,  other  Conventions  have  met  here,  and  more 
pleasing  results  have  followed  from  their  labors.  I  believe 
I  may  say  that  in  a  way  our  meetings  in  this  parish  have 
seemed  to  many  to  have  a  peculiar  happiness  and  satisfaction. 
May  God  so  guide  us  in  our  present  work  that  His  holy 
Name  may  be  glorified,  His  Kingdom  enlarged,  and  His  love 
spread  abroad  among  men. 

We  have  recently  lost  from  the  ranks  of  the  Church  mili- 
tant here  on  earth  the  oldest  Priest  of  this  Diocese,  the  Rev. 
Charles  Theodore  Bland,  who  died  early  Thursday  morning, 
April  25th,  at  Hickory,  1ST.  C,  where  he  had  made  his  home 
since  the  increasing  infirmities  of  age  had  obliged  him  to  re- 
tire from  the  active  exercise  of  his  ministry,  May  1st,  1903. 
He  was  born  in  South  Carolina  in  1819,  and  spent  the  first 
years  of  his  ministry  in  that  Diocese.  But  before  his  ordi- 
nation to  the  Diaconate  in  October  1848,  he  had  studied  at 
Valle  Crucis;  and  about  the  beginning  of  1856  he  returned 
to  this  Diocese,  and  for  forty-seven  years  served  faithfully  and 
zealously  and  laboriously  in  different  parts  of  the  Diocese. 
He  was  a  pure  and  godly  man,  and  faithful  in  all  things. 
I  need  say  the  less  here,  because  at  the  time  of  his  resigning 
active  work  in  1903,  I  expressed  my  high  estimate  of  his 
character  and  services. 

I  desire  to  call  the  attention  of  the  Convention  to  the  fact 
that  two  of  our  Clergy  this  spring  complete  fifty  years  of 
service  in  the  Priesthood.  The  Rev.  Francis  W.  Hilliard 
was  ordained  Priest  on  the  Feast  of  the  Annunciation,  and 
the  Rev.  Benjamin  S.  Bronson  was  ordained  Priest  a  few 
weeks  later.  May  31,  in  the  year  1857.  Few  are  privi- 
leged to  continue  so  long  in  the  Priesthood ;  and  I  am  sure 
it  "will  be  a  pleasure  to  us  all  to  extend  to  these  brethren  our 


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heartfelt  congratulations  upon  their  completion  of  such  an 
unusual  term  of  faithful  service.  The  Rev.  Mr.  Hilliard 
has  also  two  days  ago — May  13th — celebrated  the  fiftieth 
anniversary  of  his  marriage.  May  the  Diocese  of  North 
Carolina  long  enjoy  the  ministrations  of  such  well-learned  and 
godly  Priests;  and  may  God  grant  His  blessing  upon  them 
for  the  years  to  come. 

My  services  during  the  year  have  been  as  follows: 

May  13.  The  Fourth  Sunday  after  Easter,  Raleigh,  Church  of  the 
Good  Shepherd:  In  the  absence  of  the  rector,  I  conducted 
the  usual  services  and  preached  morning  and  evening. 

20.  The  Fifth  Sunday  after  Easter,  11  a.  m.  Raleigh,  Christ 
Church:  Took  the  service  for  the  rector  and  preached. 
8  p.  m.  Durham,  St.  Philip's  Church:  At  a  special  visita- 
tion I  held  a  service  for  the  benefit  of  deaf  mutes,  the  ser- 
vice being  interpreted  in  the  sign  language  by  the  Rev. 
Oliver  J.  Whildin,  Missionary  to  Deaf  Mutes.  I  made  an 
address  to  the  congregation  on  the  work  of  the  Church 
for  this  class  of  our  people,  and  confirmed  seventeen  of 
them  who  had  been  prepared  by  Mr.  Whildin. 

24.  Ascension  Day,  Raleigh,  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd:  The 
rector  being  sick  I  preached  and  administered  the  Holy 
Communion. 

27.  The  Sunday  after  the  Ascension,  S  a.  m.  Raleigh,  Church 
of  the  Good  Shepherd:     Administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

11  a.  m.  Chapel  of  St.  Mary's  School:  Officiated  at  the 
Commencement  Sunday  service,  the  sermon  being  preached 
by  the  Rev.   Richard  Hogue,   of   East  Carolina. 

4:30  p.  m.     Officiated  at  Evening  Prayer  in  the  Chapel  of  St. 

Augustine's     School,     the     Commencement     sermon     being 

preached  by  the  Rev.   Win.   P.  Witsell,   of  the  Diocese  of 

South  Carolina. 
8  p.  m.     In  the  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd:     Said  Evening 

Prayer,  the  Rector  being  sick. 

29.  10   a.   m.      Laid  the  cornerstone   of   St.   Agnes    Hospital,    St. 

Augustine's  School,  assisted  by  Bishop  Horner  and  others 
of  the  Clergy,  and  made  an  address. 

12  m.  Presided  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trus- 
tees of  St.  Augustine's  School. 

30.  10  a.  m.     In  the  Chapel  of  St.  Mary's  School:      Officiated  at 

a  funeral. 
11  a.  m.     Presided  at  the  Commencement  of  St.  Augustine's 

School. 
4  p.  m.     Presided  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Trustees  of 

St.   Mary's  School. 


31.   10:30   a.   m.     Presided   at  the   Commencement   of   St.   Mary's 
School,  and  officiated  at  the  closing  service  in  the  Chapel. 

6  p.  m.     Officiated  at  a  funeral  in  Christ  Church.  Raleigh. 
June      3.  Wiiitsun  Day,  Scotland  Neck,  11  a.  m. :   Ordained  a  Deacon, 
and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

8:15  p.  m.     In  the  same  church:      Confirmed  six  persons. 

At  4  p.  m.,  the  same  day,  in  Grace  Memorial  Chapel,  Law- 
rence, I  made  an  address  to  the  Sunday  School,  confirmed 
five  persons,  and  addressed  them. 
6.  Chapel  Hill :  Pronounced  the  Benediction  at  the  closing  ex- 
ercises of  the  Commencement  of  the  University  of  North 
Carolina. 

8:30  p.  m.  High  Point,  St.  Mary's  Church:  Confirmed  six 
persons,  made  an  address;  and  had  a  conference  with  the 
men  of  the  congregation  as  to  the  proposed  organization 
of  this  Mission  as  a  Parish,  and  its  admission  into  union 
with  the  Convention. 
10.  Trinity  Sunday,  Raleigh,  Christ  Church:  Two  hundredth 
anniversary  of  the  first  recorded  administration  of  the 
Holy  Communion  within  the  limits  of  North  Carolina: 
Made  an  address,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

12.  Henderson,  Church  of  the  Holy  Innocents:      Officiated  at  the 

evening   service. 

13.  The   Ninetieth   Annual    Convention   of    the   Diocese,     in     the 

Church  of  the  Holy  Innocents,  Henderson. 

10  a.  m.     Called  the  Convention  to  order. 

11  a.  m.  Opening  service  of  the  Convention;  administered 
the  Holy  Communion;  presided  throughout  the  Convention 
at  the  business  sessions,  and  officiated  at  the  services,  morn- 
ing and  evening,  daily. 

14.  7   a.  m.     Administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

15.  7    a.   m.      Administered   the    Holy    Communion. 

10  a.  m.     Opened  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Diocesan  branch 

of  the  Woman's  Auxiliary,  and  made  an  address. 
8:30  p.  m.     Officiated  at  the  closing  session  of  the  Convention. 
The  same  day  I  confirmed  a  sick  woman  in  private. 
July     19.  Stoneville,  Emmanuel  Church:    8  p.  m.     Said  Evening  Prayer, 
baptized  an  adult,  preached,  and  confirmed  one  person. 
22.  The  Sixth  Sunday  after  Trinity,  11  a.  m.     Leaksville,  Church 
of  the   Epiphany:      Said   Morning  Prayer,   confirmed  three 
persons,  preached,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
8:30  p.  m.     Reidsville,  St.   Thomas'   Church:      Said  Evening 
Prayer,  preached,  and  confirmed  two  persons. 
25.  St.  James'  Day,  Raleigh,  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd:    Or- 
dained a  Deacon   to   the   Priesthood,  and  administered  the 
Holv   Communion. 


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29.  The  Seventh  Sunday  after  Trinity,    11   a.    m.     Wilson,    St. 

Timothy's  Church:      Confirmed  ten  persons,  preached,  and 
administered   the  Holy   Communion. 
8:30  p.  m.     Enfield,  Church  of  the  Advent :      Preached,  and 
confirmed  one  person. 
Aug.      5.  The    Eighth     Sunday     after     Trinity,     Tarborough,     Calvary 
Church :     In  the  absence  of  the  Rector,  at  11  a.  m.  I  took 
the  regular  services  for  the  day,  preached,  and  administered 
the  Holy  Communion. 
6  p.  m.     Said  Evening  Prayer,  and  the  special  office  of  In- 
tercession for  Missions,   appointed  for  the  use  of  the  Wo- 
man's Auxiliary  on  the  eve  of  the  Feast  of  the  Transfigu- 
ration. 
6.  Feast  of  the  Transfiguration,  10  a.  m.     In  the  same  church: 
Administered   the   Holy   Communion. 
12.  The  Ninth  Sunday  after  Trinity,  11  a.  m.  Bristow,  St.  Mark's 
Church:     Preached  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
5   p.  m.     In  St.   Peter's   Church,   Charlotte:      Officiated  at  a 
funeral. 
14.  Moore  County,  St.  Philip's  Church:      Confirmed  two  colored 
persons,  preached,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

19.  The   Tenth   Sunday   after   Trinity,    Raleigh,     Church   of    the 

Good  Shepherd:  Took  the  service  in  the  absence  of  the 
Rector. 

23.  Annual   meeting  of  the  Colored  Convocation  of  the  Diocese, 

in  St.  Luke's  Church,  Tarborough:  Officiated  at  the  open- 
ing service,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion ;  pre- 
sided at  the  business  sessions,  and  officiated  at  the  service 
at  8  p.  m. 

24.  St.  Bartholomew's  Day,  in  the  same  church:      Continued  in 

attendance  on  the  meeting  of  the  Convocation,  and  offi- 
ciated at  the  closing  service  at  8  p.  m.  On  the  23d  I  de- 
livered an  address  to  the  Convocation  upon  questions  af- 
fecting the  Organization  of  the  Colored  Work. 
26.  Enfield,  Church  of  the  Advent:  11  a.  m.  Administered  the 
Holy  Communion ;  and  preached  at  the  evening  service. 
Sept.    11.  Raleigh,   Christ   Church:      Officiated   at   a   funeral. 

12.  Laid  the  cornerstone  of  the  new  church  of  St.  Philip's,  Dur- 
ham, and  made  an  address. 

20.  Officiated  in  the  Chapel  of  St.  Mary's  School,  at  the  opening 

service  of  the  new  school  year. 

23.  The  Fifteenth  Sunday  after  Trinity.     Officiated  at  the  service 

at  St.  Mary's,  and  made  an  address. 

24.  Tarborough,    Calvary   Church:      Officiated   at    a   funeral. 

30.  The  Sixteenth  Sunday  after  Trinity,  Jackson,  Church  of  the 

Saviour:  11  a.  m.  Preached  and  administered  the  Holy 
Communion.     7  :  30   p.  m.     Preached. 


Oct.       11.  Charlotte,    St.    Peter's    Church:    9:30    a.    m.      Confirmed    one 
person. 
10:30   a.  m.     Officiated  at  a   funeral. 

11a.  m.     Opening  service  of  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Con- 
vocation of  Charlotte;   administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
4  p.   m.     Attended   business  session  of  Convocation. 
8  p.  m.     Officiated  at  the  evening  service,  confirmed  eighteen 

persons,   and  made   an   address. 
In  addition  to  the  public  services  I  held  two  services  in  pri- 
vate  houses,    and     confirmed     two     sick     persons,     making 
twenty-one  in  all  during  the  day. 
12.  Continued  in  attendance  upon  the  meeting  of  the  Convocation. 
8  p.  m.     At  the  closing  service  of  the  Convocation  confirmed 
five  persons,  one  being  from  the  Chapel  of  Hope. 

14.  The  Eighteenth   Sunday   after   Trinity,    11    a.   m.      Cleveland, 

Christ  Church:      Confirmed  five  persons,  preached,  and  ad- 
ministered the  Holy  Communion. 
4  p.  m.     Woodleaf,  St.  George's  Chapel :     Preached,  and  con- 
firmed one  person. 

15.  Cooleemee,    Church    of    the    Good    Shepherd:      Preached,    and 

confirmed  one  person. 

17.  Hillsboro,    St.    Matthew's    Church:      Annual    meeting    of    the 

Convocation  of  Pvaleigh,  11  a.  m.  At  the  opening  service 
I  administered  the  Holy  Communion,  attended  the  after- 
noon business  session,  and  officiated  at  the  evening  service. 

18.  St.  Luke's  Day,  in  the  same  church:     iidministered  the  Holy 

Communion,  and  continued  in  attendance  upon  the  meet- 
ing of  the  Convocation. 

20.  Iredell  County,  St.  James'  Church:      Confirmed  five  persons, 

made  an  address,   and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

21.  The   Nineteenth   Sunday    after   Trinity,     Statesville,     Trinity 

Church:      Confirmed   three    persons,    and    administered   the 
Holy  Communion. 
Xo  service  at  the  Colored  Mission  Chapel  of  the  Holy  Cross 
on  account  of  a  misunderstanding  as  to  the  hour  appointed. 

26.  Germanton,  St.  Philip's  Church:      Said  Evening  Prayer,  and 

preached. 

27.  At    Walnut    Cove:      Administered    the    Holy    Communion    in 

private  to  a  sick  woman. 

28.  The   Twentieth   Sunday  after   Trinity,    11    a.   m.     Mayodan: 

Consecrated  the  Church  of  the  Messiah,  confirmed  one 
person,  preached,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
7:30  p.  m.  Madison,  St.  John's  Church:  Preached,  and 
confirmed  two  persons. 
30.  Raleigh,  St.  Augustine's  School :  Presided  at  a  meeting  in 
Taylor  Hall  in  connection  with  the  visit  of  the  members 
of    the    "American    Church    Institute    for    Negroes." 


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Nov.  2.  Gaston,  St.  Luke's  Church:  Preached,  and  administered  the 
Holy  Communion.  The  same  day  I  baptized  an  infant  at 
a  private  house. 

3.  Littleton,   St.   Anna's   Chapel:      Preached,   and  confirmed  one 

person. 

4.  The  Twenty-first  Sunday  after  Trinity,  11  a.  m.     St.  Alban's 

Church:     Preached  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
7 :  30  p.  m.     Roanoke  Rapids,  All  Saints'  Chapel :      Preached, 
and    confirmed   one    person. 

11.  The  Twenty-second  Sunday  after  Trinity,   10:30  a.  m.     Bur- 

lington, St.  Athanasius'  Church:  Visited  the  Sunday- 
school,  and  made  an  address  to  the  children. 

11'  a.  m.  Confirmed  and  addressed  six  persons,  preached,  and 
administered   the   Holy   Communion. 

7:30  p.  m.  Greensboro,  St.  Andrew's  Church :  Preached, 
confirmed  fifteen  persons,  and  addressed  them. 

12.  Reidsville,  St.  Thomas'  Church:     Preached,  and  confirmed  and 

addressed  six  persons. 

13.  Lexington,    Grace     Chinch :      Preached,     and     confirmed     one 

person. 

14.  Davie  County,  at  the  residence  of  Mrs.  Hairston:     Preached, 

and  confirmed  one  person. 

18.  The  Twenty-third  Sunday  after  Trinity,  Salisbury,   11   a.  m. 

Chestnut  Hill,  St.  Paul's  Church:      Confirmed  one  person, 

preached,   and   administered   the   Holy  Communion. 
7:30  p.  m.     St.  Peter's  Chapel:     Preached,  and  confirmed  two 

persons. 
4  p.   m.     Rowan   County,   St.   Matthew's   Chapel:      Made   an 

address  and  confirmed  three  persons. 

19.  Ansonville.   All    Souls'     Church:      Confirmed     and    addressed 

four  persons. 

21.  Wadesboro,    Calvary   Church:      Preached,    confirmed    six   per- 

sons,  and  addressed  them. 

22.  Rockingham,  Church  of  the  Messiah:      Said  Morning  Prayer, 

and  preached. 
25.  The  Sunday   next   before  Advent,    11    a.   m.      In  the   Factory 
Chapel   at   Laurel   Hill :      Said   Morning   Prayer,   preached, 
and   administered   the  Holy   Communion. 
3:30  p.  m.     Laurinburg,  St.  David's  Church:      Said  Evening 
Prayer,  and  preached. 
Dec.       2.  The  First  Sunday  in  Advent,   11   a.    m.     Goshen,   St.    Paul's 
Church:     Preached,  and  adminstered  the  Holy  Communion. 
3:30    p.    m.      Satterwhite,    St.    Simeon's    Church:      Preached, 
and  confirmed  four  colored  persons. 
6.  Stovall,  St.  Peter's  Church:     Confirmed  one  person,  preached, 
and  adminstered  the  Holy  Communion. 


9.  The  Second  Sunday  in  Advent,   11   a.   m.     Willamsboro,   St. 
John's  Church:      Confirmed  one  person,   preached,   and  ad- 
ministered the  Holy  Communion. 
7:30   p.    m.      Henderson,     Church    of    the    Holy     Innocents: 
preached,  confirmed  and  addressed  ten  persons. 

10.  Warrenton,    Emmanuel   Church:      Preached. 

11.  7:30  p.  m.     In  the  same  church:     Preached. 

12.  11  a.  m.     In  the  same  church:     Preached  and  had  a  confer- 

ence with  the  Vestry. 
7 :  30   p.   m.     In  the  same  church :      Preached,   confirmed  ten 
persons,  and  addressed  them. 
16.  The  Third  Sunday  in  Advent,  Raleigh,  Church  of  the  Good 

Shepherd :      Preached. 
24.  Raleigh,   Christ  Church:      Officiated  at  a  funeral. 
30.  The   Sunday  after   Christmas,   Raleigh,    Church   of   the   Good 
Shepherd:     11    a.    m.      The    Rector   being   sick,    I   said   the 
appointed  service,  and  preached. 
7:30   p.   m.      In    the  same    church:      Said    Evening    Prayer, 
preached,  and  confirmed  four  persons. 
1907. 
Jan.       1.  Feast  of  the  Circumcision  of  Christ,  Raleigh,  Church  of  the 
Good  Shepherd :      Adminstered  the  Holy  Communion. 

6.  The  Feast  of  the  Epiphany,  Hillsboro,  St.  Matthew's  Church: 

11  a.  m.     Preached,  and  adminstered  the  Holy  Communion. 
4  p.  m.     Officiated  again  in  the  same  church. 

13.  The  First  Sunday  after    the    Epiphany,    11     a.   m.     Enfield, 

Church   of  the  Advent:      Preached,   ordained   a   Deacon   to 
the  Priesthood,   and  administered  the   Holy  Communion. 
7:30  p.  m.     Weldon,  Grace  Church:     Confirmed  five  persons, 
and  made  an  address. 

16.  Attended  meeting  of  Committee  of  Trustees    of   St.    Mary's 

School. 

17.  Attended  meeting  of  the  Trustees  of  St.  Augustine's  School. 

18.  Oxford:     Confirmed  a  sick  colored  girl  in  private;  had  a  con- 

ference with  the  Vestry  of  St.   Stephen's  Church. 
20.  The  Second  Sunday  after  the  Epiphany,  Durham,   11   a.  m. 

St.  Philip's  Church :      Confirmed  twenty  persons,   made  an 

address,  preached,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
7:30  p.  m.     In  a  public  hall  in  West  Durham:      I  preached, 

confirmed  six  persons,   and  made  an  address. 
Feb.       3.  Sexagesima     Sunday,    Raleigh,     11     a.     m.      Christ     Church: 

Preached,   and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
4:30  p.  m.     Church  of  the  Good   Shepherd:      Officiated   at   a 

funeral. 
7:30  p.  m.     In  the  same  church:   Made  an  address. 

7.  Wilson,    St.    Mark's    Church:      Preached,    and    confirmed    five 

colored  persons. 


8.  Wilson,    St.    Timothy's     Church:      Preached,     and     confirmed 

seven  persons. 
10.  Quinquagesima  Sunday,   11   a.   m.     Rocky  Mount,   Church  of 
the    Good    Shepherd:      Confirmed    seven    persons,    made   an 
address,    and    administered   the    Holy    Communion. 
7:30  p.   m.     Battleboro,   St.   John's  Church:      Preached,   and 
confirmed  two  persons. 

12.  Winston,   St.  Paul's  Church:      Preached,   confirmed  nine  per- 

sons, and  made  an  address. 

13.  Ash  Wednesday,  Mount  Airy,  Trinity  Church:     Said  Evening 

Prayer,  preached,  and  confirmed  two  persons. 
15.  Walnut     Cove,     Christ     Church:        Confirmed     two     persons, 

preached,   and   administered   the   Holy  Communion. 
17.  The  First  Sunday  in  Lent,   11a.  m.     Greensboro,  St.  Barna- 
bas' Church:      Confirmed  three  persons,  preached,  and  ad- 
ministered the  Holy  Communion. 
4:30  p.  m.     Greensboro,   St.  Mary's  Chapel:      Preached,   and 

and  confirmed  three   persons. 
8  p.  m.     High  Point,  St.  Mary's  Church:     Preached,  and  con- 
firmed three  persons. 
20.  Attended  meeting  of  Trustees  of  St.  Mary's  School. 
Mch.     10.  The  Fourth  Sunday  in  Lent,  11  a.  m.     Pinehurst,  in  a  public 
hall:     Preached,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
3:45   p.  m.     Southern  Pines,   Emmanuel  Church:      Preached, 
confirmed  five  persons,  made  an  address. 
17.  The  Fifth  Sunday  in  Lent,  Raleigh,  11  a.  m.     Christ  Church: 
Confirmed    and    addressed    six    persons,    preached,    and    ad- 
ministered the  Holy  Communion. 
8  p.  m.     St.  Saviour's  Chapel:     Preached. 

19.  Louisburg,    St.   Paul's   Church:      Preached. 

20.  4 :  30  p.  rn.     In  the  same  church :      Preached. 

8    p.    m.      St.    Matthias'     Church:      Made     an     address,     and 
preached. 

22.  Ivittrell,  St.  James'  Church :     Preached,  and  administered  the 

Holy   Communion. 

23.  Attended   meeting   of   Executive     Committee     of     St.     Mary's 

School. 

24.  Palm  Sunday,  Raleigh,   11   a.  m.     St.   Mary's  Chapel:      Con- 

firmed     and     addressed     fourteen     pupils     of     the     school, 
preached,   and  administered  the   Holy   Communion. 
8  p.  m.     Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd:      Preached,  and  con- 
firmed ten  persons. 

28.  Pittsboro,  St.  Bartholomew's  Church:      Said  Evening  Prayer, 

and  preached. 

29.  Good  Friday,  11a.  m.     In  the  same  church:     Preached,  and 

administered   the  Holy   Communion. 


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5  p.  in.     In  the  same  church:      Officiated  at  Evening  Prayer. 
8  p.  m.     St.  James'  Chapel,  Colored  Mission:      Preached,  and 
confirmed  three  persons. 
31.  Easter  Day,   Raleigh,    11    a.   m.     Christ   Church:      Preached 
and   administered   the   Holy   Communion. 
4  p.  m.     St.  Augustine's  Chapel:      Confirmed  twenty-one  col- 
ored  persons,  and   made  an  address. 
8    p.    m.      St.    Ambrose'    Church :      Preached,     confirmed     six 
colored  persons,  and  made  an  address. 
April     2.  Halifax,   St.   Mark's   Church:      Preached. 

3.  Scotland   Neck,   Trinity   Church:      Preached,     and     confirmed 

three   persons. 
5.  Lawrence,    Grace   Memorial   Chapel:      Conducted    the   closing 
service  of  Grace  School,  and  made  an  address. 

7.  The  First  Sunday  after  Easter,  Duke,  St.  Stephen's  Church: 

10:30  a.  m.     Inspected  the  Sunday  school. 
11  a.  m.     Consecrated  the  Church,  and  administered  the  Holy 

Communion. 
7:45  p.  m.     Confirmed  fourteen  persons,  and  made  an  address. 

8.  10  a.   m.     Confirmed  a  sick   woman   in  private. 

8  p.  m.     Smithfield,  in  the  Church :     Preached,  and  confirmed 
five  persons. 
10.  Attended  the  meeting  of  the  "Southern   Educational  Confer- 
ence" at  Pinehurst. 

14.  The  Second  Sunday  after  Easter,  Chapel  Hill,  Chapel  of  the 

Cross:       11    a.    m.      Preached,    and    administered    the    Holy 
Communion. 
7:30  p.  m.     Preached,  and  confirmed  two  persons. 

15.  Salisbury,  St.  Luke's  Church:      Preached,  and  confirmed  two 

persons. 

16.  Ansonville,    All    Souls'    Church:      Said    Evening   Prayer,    and 

preached. 

18.  Monroe,    St.    Paul's   Church:      Preached     and     confirmed     six 

persons. 

19.  Charlotte,  St.  Martin's  Chapel:     Confirmed  four  persons,  and 

made  an  address. 

20.  Bristow,     St.     Mark's     Church:        Confirmed     eight     persons, 

preached,  and  administered  the  Holy   Communion. 
The  same  day,  confirmed  in  private  two  sick  members  of  the 
same  congregation. 

21.  The   Third  Sunday   after    Easter,    Charlotte.      11    a.   m.      St. 

Peter's  Church :      Confirmed  thirty-seven  persons,  preached, 
and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
4  p.  m.     Church  of  St.  Michael  and  All  Angels,  for  colored 
people:      Confirmed   eight   persons,    and   preached. 


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8    p.    m.      Chapel   of   Hope:      Confirmed    seven    persons,    and 
preached. 

22.  11  a.  m.     Opened  the  enlarged  St.  Peter's  Hospital,  Charlotte, 

and  made  an  address. 
3  p.  m.     Attended  a  meeting  of  the  Executive  Committee  of 
the  Convocation  of  Charlotte. 

23.  10  a.  m     .Annual  meeting  of  the  Managers  of  the  Thompson 

Orphanage,  11  a.  m.     Chapel  of  St.  Mary  the  Virgin:     Con- 
firmed four  pupils  of  the  institution,  made  an  address,  and 
administered   the  Holy   Communion. 
28.  The  Fourth  Sunday    after    Easter,    Wilson,     St.    Timothy's 
Church:      Confirmed  one  person,   and  preached. 

It  thus  appears  that  during  the  year  I  have  officiated  within  the  Diocese 
at  one  hundred  and  sixty-two  services,  have  administered  the  Holy 
Communion  fifty-two  times,  preached  ninety  sermons,  made  thirty-six 
addresses,  baptized  one  infant  and  one  adult,  officiated  at  eight  funerals, 
and  confirmed  four  hundred  and  twenty  persons.  I  have  ordained  two 
Priests  and  one  Deacon  and  consecrated  two  churches.  Beyond  the 
bounds  of  the  Diocese  I  have  officiated  a  number  of  times.  During  Feb- 
ruary and  March  I  spent  two  weeks  in  South  Carolina,  making  visita- 
tions for  Bishop  Capers,  who  had  been  disabled  for  some  months  by  a 
very  serious  illness.  I  officiated  in  that  Diocese  at  sixteen  services,  ad- 
ministered the  Holy  Communion  twice,  preached  twelve  sermons,  made 
five  addresses,  and  confirmed  fifty-seven  persons.  In  the  District  of 
Asheville  I  also  officiated  a  number  of  times,  and  once  each  in  the  Dio- 
ceses of  East  Carolina  and  Washington.  The  total  number  of  services 
within  and  without  the  Diocese  is  one  hundred  and  eighty-six,  sermons 
one  hundred  and  eight,  confirmations  four  hundred  and  seventy-seven. 

October  28,  1906,  being  the  Twentieth  Sunday  after  Trinity,  I  conse- 
crated the  Church  of  the  Messiah,  Mayodan,  being  assisted  in  the  ser- 
vices by  the  Bev.  Alfred  B.  Berkeley,  Priest  in  charge,  who  read  the 
Petition  for  Consecration,  Archdeacon  Osborne,  Bev.  Walter  J.  Smith, 
and  the  Bev.  James  H.  Williams,  under  whose  care  and  direction  the 
church  had  been  built. 

April  7th,  the  First  Sioiday  after  Easter,  1907,  I  consecrated  St. 
Stephen's  Church,  Duke,  in  the  county  of  Harnett.  I  was  assisted  in  the 
services  by  the  Bev.  Samuel  M.  Hanff,  Priest  in  charge,  who  read  the 
Petition  for  Consecration,  the  Bev.  Sidney  S.  Bost,  who  preached  the 
consecration  sermon,  and  the  Bev.  Homer  Leach  Hoover. 

October  3d,  in  St.  Paul's  Church,  Norfolk,  I  had  the  privilege  of  taking 
part  in  the  consecration  of  the  Bev.  Dr.  Beverly  D.  Tucker  as  Bishop 
Coadjutor  of  Southern  Virginia. 

Whitsun  Day,  June  3d,  in  Trinity  Church,  Scotland  Neck,  I  ordained 
to  the  Diaconate  Mr.  Bichard  Boscoe  Phelps.  The  candidate  was  pre- 
sented by  his  father,  one  of  our  oldest  and  most  faithful   Presbyters, 


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who  had  thus  the  joy  and  honor  of  giving  one  of  his  sons  to  continue 
his  good  work.  The  sermon  was  preached  by  the  Rev.  A.  B.  Hunter. 
Archdeacon  Tolson  also  assisted  in  the  service. 

St.  James'  Day,  July  25th,  in  the  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd,  Ra- 
leigh, I  advanced  to  the  Priesthood  the  Rev.  Samuel  M.  Hanff,  who  had 
served  hiB  Diaconate  most  faithfully  and  acceptably  in  the  Missions  at 
Duke  and  Smithfield.  The  candidate  was  presented  by  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Pittenger,  and  the  sermon  was  preached  by  the  Rev.  Thaddeus  A.  Cheat- 
ham. The  Rev.  A.  B.  Hunter,  and  the  Rev.  McNeely  DuBose,  Presbyters, 
and  the  Rev.  Thomas  L.  Trott  and  the  Rev.  Francis  W.  R.  Arthurs,  Dea- 
cons, were  also  present.  All  the  Presbyters  present  joined  in  the  Im- 
position of  Hands. 

The  First  Sunday  after  the  Epiphany,  January  13th,  in  the  Church  of 
the  Advent,  Enfield,  I  advanced  to  the  Priesthood  the  Rev.  Homer  Leach 
Hoover,  who  had  served  his  Diaconate  in  care  of  the  churches  at  Enfield, 
Halifax  and  Ringwood.  There  were  present  of  the  Clergy,  Archdeacon 
Tolson,  Rev.  Francis  Joyner,  Robt.  B.  Owens  and  Samuel  M.  Hanff,  all 
of  whom  joined  in  the  Imposition  of  Hands.  The  candidate  was  pre- 
sented by  Archdeacon  Tolson;  the  sermon  was  preached  by  myself. 

I  have  received  and  given  letters  dimissory  during  the  year  as  noted 
below,  though  I  have  not  as  yet  received  notice  of  the  acceptance  of 
my  letters  of  April  15,  1907: 

CLERGY    GAINED. 

By  Ordination — 

Rev.  Richard  R.  Phelps,  Deacon,  ordained  June  3,  190G. 
By  letters  dimissory — 

Rev.  John  Samuel  Simmons  (colored),  Deacon,  July  1,  1906,  from 
Connecticut. 

Rev.  Thomas  G.  Faulkner,  Priest,  September  1,  1906,  from  Wash- 
ington. 

Rev.  Alexander  Gait,  Priest,  December  1,  1906,  from  Virginia. 

Rev.  Frederick  H.  T.  Horsfield,  Priest,  March  7,  1907,  from  East  Car- 
olina. 

CLERGY  LOST. 

Rev.  Chas.  T.  Bland,  Priest,  died  April  25,  1907. 
By  letters  dimissory — 

Rev.  John  Samuel  Simmons  (colored),  Deacon,  December  31,  1906,  to 
Georgia. 

Rev.  James  Dickinson  Simmons,  Priest,  April  15,  1907,  to  Duluth. 
Rev.  James  E.  Poindexter,  Priest,  April  30,  1907,  to  Virginia. 

Our  gains  exceed  our  losses  by  one,  so  that  the  number  is  at  present 
fifty-nine:  one  Bishop,  forty-seven  Priests,  and  eleven  Deacons.  Of 
these,  however,  three  Priests  are  superannuated,  after  years  of  faithful 
service,  and  three  Deacons  are  engaged  only  in  secular  work.     One  of  the 


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Priests  on  our  list  is  a  Chaplain  in  the  army,  and  two  others  are  at 
present  not  in  the  Diocese;  so  that  our  actual  number  present  and  at 
work  is  just  fifty. 

The  fields  of  labor  of  the  Clergy  are  the  same  as  last  year,  with  the 
following  exceptions : 

The  Rev.  Richard  R.  Phelps  since  his  ordination  has  resided  at  Mon- 
roe, having  charge  also  of  St.  Timothy's  Mission,  Union  County,  and 
All  Souls',  Ansonville. 

The  Rev.  Francis  W.  R.  Arthurs  is  by  my  advice  pursuing  his  studies 
at  the  Virginia  Theological  Seminary.  The  Rev.  Frederick  H.  T.  Hors- 
field  has  become  Rector  of  St.  Stephen's,  Oxford.  The  Rev.  Milton  S. 
Barbar,  having  resigned  the  charge  of  St.  Athanasius'  Church,  Burling- 
ton, has  become  assistant  to  the  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Raleigh,  since 
April  1st. 

The  Rev.  Edward  L.  Ogilby  has  resigned  the  charge  of  Trinity  Church, 
Statesville,  St.  James,  Iredell,  and  St.  Mark's,  Bristow,  and  with  the 
beginning  of  April  assumed  the  duties  of  Rector  of  St.  Athanasius' 
Church,  Burlington. 

The  Rev.  Thos.  G.  Faulkner,  September  1,  1906,  became  Rector  of  St. 
Barnabas'  Church,  Greensboro. 

December  1,  1906,  the  Rev.  Alexander  Gait  became  Rector  of  the  new 
Parish  of  St.  Mary's,  High  Point. 

The  Rev.  William  Walker  has  resigned  charge  of  the  Missions  at 
Mount  Airy,  Germanton  and  Elkin. 

The  Rev.  W.  Lawton  Mellichampe,  besides  the  care  of  Leaksville  and 
Reidsville,  has  under  my  appointment  been  serving  the  places  left  by 
Mr.  Walker,  and  has  also  given  a  monthly  service  at  Sanford,  and  in  St. 
Bartholomew's  Church,  Pittsboro. 

The  Rev.  Thos.  B.  Bailey,  a  colored  Deacon,  for  some  years  serving 
the  Mission  of  the  Holy  Cross,  Statesville,  has  resigned  that  charge  and 
taken  secular  work,  and  our  colored  Mission  in  Statesville  has  been 
placed  under  the  charge  of  the  Rev.  Primus  P.  Alston,  of  Charlotte. 

The  Candidates  for  Orders  are  William  Eanes,  George  Crummell  Pol- 
lard, James  King  Satterwhite,  and  Robert  Josiah  Johnson. 

The  Postulants  are  Foster  Nugent  Cox,  Henry  Alpheus  Willey,  Walter 
Lee  Loflin,  and  Cyprian  Porter  Willcox. 

In  this  connection  I  can  not  refrain  from  again  reminding 
the  Clergy  of  the  importance  of  bearing  in  mind  the  duty  of 
bringing  the  best  of  their  young  men  forward  for  the  Holy 
Ministry,  and  to  this  end  the  manifest  significance  and  value 
of  the  Ember  Seasons.  I  am  obliged  to  think  that  we  of  the 
Clergy  are  much  to  blame  for  not  emphasizing  the  appeal 
which  the  Church  intends  to  make  by  the  recurrence  of  these 
seasons  four  times  each  year.  I  believe  it  to  be  a  fact  that 
a  very  large  proportion  of  our  lay  people  never  know  when 


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or  how  these  seasons  come  and  go.  I  am  sometimes  tempted 
to  suppose  that  the  Clergy  themselves  care  but  little  for  these 
appointed  seasons  of  fasting  and  prayer  to  the  Lord  of  the 
harvest,  that  He  may  send  forth  laborers  into  His  harvest. 
If  we  would  properly  emphasize  these  days  and  seasons,  and 
in  our  public  and  private  preaching  and  admonitions  dwell 
upon  the  opportunities  offered  for  effective  service,  and  the 
blessedness  and  privileges  of  serving  God  and  man  in  the  min- 
istry, I  can  not  but  believe  that  our  efforts  would  be  rewarded 
with  some  measure  of  success.  At  least  we  can  not  with  any 
reason  complain  of  the  lack  of  candidates  for  Holy  Orders 
when  we  habitually  neglect  to  ask  for  them  from  Him  Who  is 
the  only  Author  of  every  good  and  perfect  gift. 

DIOCESAN     MISSIONS. 

This  brings  me  naturally  to  the  subject  of  the  work  in  our 
Diocese,  the  work  of  extending  and  building  up  the  Church. 
We  do  suffer  from  the  want  of  a  sufficient  supply  of  able  and 
effective  Clergymen,  but  on  the  whole  we  have  much  to  en- 
courage and  hearten  us.  The  missionary  work  must  depend 
for  support  on  the  churches  in  the  larger  places :  and  I  count 
it  a  hopeful  feature  of  the  missionary  situation  that  in  the 
stronger  centers  of  population  our  parishes  seem  to  be  in  a 
healthy  and  prosperous  condition.  Very  handsome  new 
churches  are  rapidly  growing  towards  completion  in  Durham 
and  Wilson,  while  Winston,  Burlington  and  other  important 
parishes  are  about  to  begin  the  erection  of  larger  and  hand- 
somer buildings  to  meet  the  demands  of  their  growing  con- 
gregations. The  growth  of  the  Church  in  Charlotte  is  spec- 
ially noticeable.  During  the  past  year  I  confirmed  in  St. 
Peter's  parish  alone  fifty-eight  persons ;  and,  besides  the 
Church  of  the  Holy  Comforter,  Dilworth,  and  the  Colored 
Church  of  St.  Michael  and  All  Angels,  there  are  four  mission 
Chapels  at  which  faithful  work  is  being  done  within  the  cor- 
porate limits  of  the  city.  I  had  the  pleasure,  on  the  2 2d  of 
April,  of  opening  the  large  and  important  additions  made  to 
St.  Peter's  Hospital  in  this  city,  which  is  now,  I  believe,  one 
of  the  most  commodious  and  well-equipped  hospitals  in  the 
State.  When  to  these  we  add  the  Good  Samaritan  Hospital 
for  Negroes,  and  the  Thompson  Orphanage  with  its  Chapel, 
they  represent  an  amount  of  church  work  which  does  honor 
to  the  Churchmen  and  Churelnvomen  of  Charlotte,  and  should 


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stimulate  others  to  emulate  their  zeal  and  perseverance  in 
good  works. 

The  missionary  work  proper  is,  under  our  present  arrange- 
ment, committed  to  the  three  Convocations.  I  have  not  at 
this  moment  access  to  the  reports  of  the  treasurers  of  the  Con- 
vocations, but  I  make  it  a  rule  to  attend  the  meetings  of  the 
Convocations,  and  to  keep  in  constant  sympathy  and  com- 
munication with  the  three  Archdeacons  in  their  work ;  and  I 
repeat,  what  I  have  had  occasion  to  say  before,  that  I  am 
satisfied  that  by  putting  the  missionary  work  upon  these  Con- 
vocations we  have  brought  it  a  little  closer  to  the  minds  and 
hearts  of  the  Clergy  and  people.  Whereas,  an  examination  of 
reports  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  Convention  will  show  that 
there  was  almost  a  chronic  deficit  in  the  missionary  treasury 
under  our  old  system,  we  are  now  always  able  to  pay  the 
stipend  promised  our  missionaries,  and  to  keep  a  small  bal- 
ance on  the  right  side.  But  I  must  appeal  to  the  Clergy  and 
laity  to  be  more  faithful  in  giving  their  personal  support  and 
co-operation  to  the  Archdeacons  in  their  efforts  to  do  the  work 
laid  upon  them.  The  work  might  be  very  greatly  advanced 
and  extended  if  our  parochial  Clergy  were  more  loyal  and 
hearty  in  responding  to  the  efforts  of  the  Archdeacons,  and 
if  they  would  endeavor  to  guide  their  laymen  in  the  same 
direction. 

The  great  increase  of  manufactures  in  North  Carolina  has 
developed  a  new  and  interesting  class  of  missions,  demanding 
our  intelligent  and  liberal  support.  We  have  in  this  Diocese 
a  number  of  manufacturing  toAvns,  which,  though  but  a  few 
years  old,  number  their  population  by  thousands  of  operatives 
and  employees  of  the  manufacturing  corporations.  And  I 
feel  it  my  duty  to  testify  that,  so  far  as  T  have  been  able  to 
judge,  the  men  who  control  the  financial  side  of  the  work,  as 
well  as  those  directly  in  charge  of  the  mechanical  and  local 
interests  of  the  corporations,  manifest  a  most  sincere  interest 
in  the  true  welfare  and  happiness  of  the  operatives  in  the 
mills.  I  know  not  how  it  may  be  in  other  parts  of  the  coun- 
try, and  with  other  corporations,  but  those  with  whom  our 
Church  work  has  brought  me  into  contact,  show  a  readiness 
not  onlv  to  respond  to  the  appeals  made  to  them,  but  are 
forward  to  stimulate  the  Church  and  the  missionary  in  the 
work,  and  to  co-operate  personally  as  well  as  financially  in 
every  scheme  undertaken  for  the  material  or  spiritual  welfare 


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of  their  people.  I  see  many  evidences  of  this  real  interest  in 
the  welfare  of  their  operatives  on  the  part  of  the  owners  and 
superintendents  of  the  manufacturing  enterprises  carried  on 
in  this  Diocese.  I  believe  such  humane  and  Christian  senti- 
ments are  on  the  increase,  and  that  they  demand  a  frank  and 
generous  recognition  on  our  part ;  and  that  we  can  better 
serve  the  interests  of  the  operatives  by  such  recognition,  by 
encouraging  the  development  and  exercise  of  this  spirit,  and 
by  ourselves  co-operating  with  it,  than  by  taking  a  position  of 
antagonism  to  men,  some  of  whom,  I  think  I  may  say  many 
of  whom,  we  know  to  be  among  the  very  best  men  in  our  State. 
The  late  enactments  of  our  General  Assembly  in  regard  to 
the  regulation  of  child  labor  were  not  all  that  I  had  person- 
ally favored  and  desired,  and  yet,  since  they  did  represent  a 
real  spirit  of  co-operation,  between  the  manufacturers  and 
those  interested  upon  purely  humanitarian  grounds,  for  the 
improvement  of  our  laws  and  the  protection  of  our  children, 
T  could  welcome  them  as  a  substantial  gain.  A  gradual  ad- 
vance, which  carries  along  with  it  the  sympathy  and  co-oper- 
ation of  those  who  control  the  great  interests  involved,  seems 
to  me  to  be  a  more  real  gain,  than  a  seemingly  greater  theo- 
retical improvement  in  the  law,  which  should  arouse  the  op- 
position, and  perhaps  check  rising  interest,  of  those,  without 
whose  aid  the  object  we  have  in  view  can  not  be  fully  at- 
tained. I  have  unintentionally  made  this  digression  from 
the  subject  in  hand,  and  all  may  not  agree  with  me  in  the 
opinions  expressed ;  but  I  feel  that  the  facts  upon  which  I 
have  been  commenting  are  of  interest  to  us  all;  and  that  we 
should  recognize  the  help  which  we  have  received,  certainly 
in  some  notable  cases,  in  our  missionary  endeavors  among 
the  population  of  our  factory  towns. 

Two  of  our  most  important  and  interesting  missions  of  this 
flass  are  at  Mayodan  and  Duke.  At  each  of  these  places  we 
have  resident  an  able  and  efficient  young  priest.  Resisting 
most  advantageous  invitations  to  more  attractive  and  remun- 
erative fields,  they  are  devotedly  laboring  to  build  up  the 
Church,  and  to  bring  the  crowing  population  under  the  influ- 
ence of  the  Church  ;  and  they  are,  I  believe,  meeting  with 
a  response  from  their  own  noodle,  and  arousing1  an  interest 
in  the  Diocese,  which  they  must  feel  to  be  a  rich  reward.  T 
ask  for  them,  and  for  our  work  in  all  the  weak  parishes  and 
missions  of  the  Diocese,  the  prayers  and  the  offerings  of  our 


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people.  I  hope  that  each  year  may  see  an  increasing  response 
on  the  part  of  our  large  parishes  and  their  Rectors  to  the 
efforts  of  our  Archdeacons  to  organize  effectively  our  mission- 
ary work,  and  a  better  attendance  upon  the  meetings  of  our 
Convocations,  both  in  their  general  and  in  their  district 
gatherings. 

THE  MEN'S  THANK  OFFERING. 

If  we  are  to  do  anything  toward  an  adequate  offering  at 
the  General  Convention  next  October,  it  must  be  done  at  once. 
I  trust  that  all  may  now  join  heartily  in  such  measures  as 
shall  be  recommended  by  the  Committee,  and  that  this  Dio- 
cese may  be  prepared  to  do  its  part  at  the  great  service  in 
Richmond. 

OUR  DIOCESAN  INSTITUTIONS. 

The  Reports  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  St.  Mary's  School 
and  of  the  Superintendent  of  the  Thompson  Orphanage  will 
sufficiently  acquaint  the  Convention  with  the  condition  of 
these  institutions  so  dear  to  us  all. 

In  contrasting  what  I  have  felt  bound  to  say  in  regard  to 
St.  Mary's  School  in  my  addresses  for  the  last  ten  years,  with 
what  I  have  now  to  report,  I  am  reminded  of  the  old  adage 
which  attributes  happiness  to  the  country  which  has  no  his- 
tory. The  better  and  more  satisfactory  the  condition  and 
prospects  of  the  School,  the  less  there  is  to  say  about  it.  It 
has  had  a  peaceful  and  prosperous  year.  The  steam  laundry 
has  been  built  and  put  into  successful  operation;  the  "Eliza 
Battle  Pittman  Memorial"  affords  an  auditorium  for  all 
public  academic  exercises,  which  for  beauty,  convenience,  and 
general  excellence  can  not  be  at  all  approached  by  any  similar 
building  in  the  State  ;  and  the  Chapel  has  been  further  beauti- 
fied by  appropriate  additions  to  its  appointments  and  furni- 
ture. In  my  report,  as  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees, 
already  submitted  to  the  Convention,  I  have,  on  the  part  of 
the  Board,  expressed  our  high  appreciation  of  the  faithful  and 
efficient  services  rendered  by  Mr.  DuBose  during  the  four 
years  of  his  administration.  I  may,  I  trust  not  improperly, 
record  here  my  own  very  high  estimate  of  his  character  and 
abilities,  and  my  very  deep  regret  at  losing  him  as  a  neigh- 
bor and  a  clergyman. 

The  Thompson  Orphanage  oives  an  equally  good  account  of 
itself  and  of  its  work  during  the  past  vr*ar.  Recent  legacies, 
one  from  a  layman  of  Salisbury,  Mr.  Cathew  A.  Rice,  and 


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another  from  the  Rev.  Arthur  Wrixon,  an  English  clergyman, 
formerly  resident  in  this  Diocese,  have  increased  the  endow- 
ment, so  that  it  is  now  slightly  above  ten  thousand  dollars. 

I  believe  that  the  reports  from  our  other  Church  institu- 
tions, not  so  closely  connected  with  the  Convention,  as  St. 
Augustine's  School,  St.  Agnes'  Hospital,  the  Good  Samaritan 
Hospital,  and  St.  Peter's  Hospital,  will  show  similar  good 
work  and  steady  upward  development  in  their  several  depart- 
ments of  Christian  work. 

THE   WOMAN'S   AUXILIARY. 

A  very  special  feature  of  this  session  of  our  Diocesan  Con- 
vention will  be  the  celebration  of  the  twenty-fifth  anniversary, 
"the  Silver  Jubilee,"  of  the  organization  of  our  Diocesan 
Branch  of  the  Woman's  Auxiliary.  The  importance  of  the 
work  of  the  Auxiliary  in  the  Diocese  and  throughout  the 
whole  field  of  our  missionary  operations  both  at  home  and 
abroad,  can  not  be  overestimated ;  and  I  have  been  glad,  in 
arranging  the  services  in  connection  with  this  meeting  of  the 
Convention,  to  make  the  Jubilee  service  of  the  Auxiliary  the 
special  feature  on  our  program  for  Friday.  I  am  sure  we 
shall  consider  it  a  pleasure  and  a  privilege  to  join  with  the 
good  women  of  the  Diocese  in  devout  thanksgiving  for  the 
good  work  which  they  have  done  in  the  past,  and  in  earnest 
prayers  that  it  may  be  extended  and  increased  during  all  the 
years  which  are  to  come. 

WORK  AMONG  THE  COLORED  PEOPLE. 

It  is  not  of  my  own  will  that  I  ask  the  attention  of  the 
Convention  to  the  subject  of  the  work  among  our  colored  peo- 
ple: it  is  forced  upon  us  by  the  situation.  The  Church  at 
large  throughout  the  country  is  not  satisfied  that  it  has  done 
its  full. duty  by  the  ISTegro  population  of  our  Southern  States; 
and  there  is  a  growing  feeling  that  perhaps  a  readjustment  of 
our  ecclesiastical  machinery  is  needed.  Along  with  this  has 
sprung  up  a  movement,  originated  and  fostered  by  an  annual 
Conference  of  Colored  Clergymen,  looking  to  a  separate  or- 
ganization for  our  colored  congregations  and  clergy ;  and  now 
in  our  own  Diocese  arises  a  demand  for  a  separation  in  our 
Diocesan  councils,  and  a  separate  organization.  It  is  too 
much  to  hope  that  the  element  of  race  feeling  should  not  in 
some  measure  be  involved  in  these  movements:  but  I  sav  in 


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all  sincerity  and  candor  that  I  believe  the  ruling  motive  on 
all  hands  is  a  real  desire  for  a  more  adequate  "performance  of 
the  duty  which  the  Church  owes  to  the  colored  race.  Less 
worthy  motives  may  influence  some.  We  may  hear  senti- 
ments expressed  in  this  Convention  with  which  as  Christians 
we  can  feel  no  sympathy.  But  I  am  bound  to  say  that  I 
fully  recognize  the  godly  sincerity  of  both  the  colored  men 
and  the  white  men  who  have  undesignedly  combined  to  force 
this  question  upon  us,  and  their  real  desire  and  purpose  to  find 
some  better  way  of  doing  what  we  should  do  for  the  help  of 
the  millions  of  Negroes  in  the  South.  And,  further  than 
this,  I  recognize  the  practical  necessity  of  taking  up  the  ques- 
tion, and  satisfying  this  demand. 

I  have  come  to  this  conclusion  in  spite  of  the  sentiments 
and  convictions  of  a  lifetime ;  and  though  my  mind  and  con- 
science compel  me  to  assent  to  this  necessity,  my  heart  still 
clings  to  the  old  ideal  of  a  Church  and  a  Diocese  which  in  its 
annual  gatherings  should  represent  visibly  the  oneness  of  all 
races  and  colors  in  Christ.  In  this  my  native  parish  those 
early  feelings  assert  themselves  with  peculiar  power.  In  my 
childhood  I  remember  no  formal  religious  instruction  received 
from  my  parents  except  along  with  all  the  other  children  of 
the  household,  white  and  black  standing  together  for  the 
Sunday  instruction  in  Bible  and  catechism.  In  the  Sunday 
services,  in  the  forenoon,  the  white  congregation  occupied  the 
body  of  the  church,  and  the  colored  people  had  seats  in  the 
rear ;  in  the  afternoon  the  colored  people  filled  the  body  of  the 
church,  and  if  any  of  the  white  people  attended,  they  filled  the 
seats  at  the  back.  At  the  Holy  Communion  both  white  and 
black  received  the  blessed  Sacrament  at  the  same  service; 
and  at  the  annual  visitations  of  the  Bishop,  both  kneeled  to- 
gether to  receive  the  Laying  on  of  Hands.  When  after  the 
changes  produced  by  the  War  between  the  States  and  the  years 
following,  we  began  to  have  colored  parishes  and  colored 
clergymen,  it  was  under  the  guidance  of  that  noble  and  godly 
Bishop,  Thomas  Atkinson,  that  we  saw  all  assembled  year 
after  year  in  the  one  Diocesan  Convention.  So  far  as  I  am 
concerned,  it  simply  passes  my  comprehension  to  understand 
how  any  one  should  object  to  this.  As  a  matter  of  sentiment 
the  presence  of  our  colored  brethren  in  our  Diocesan  Conven- 
tion is  a  visible  representation  to  me  of  one  of  the  most  gra- 
cious and  essential  elements  of  the  Church  as  a  divine  ami 


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Catholic  Body.  Such  I  have  known  it;  such  I  have  loved  it; 
such  my  beloved  father  in  the  flesh,  and  such  my  revered 
father  in  the  Church,  had  taught  me  to  know  it  and  to  love  it : 
and  such  I  had  hoped  that  it  might  always  continue.  Bear 
with  me,  brethren  and  fathers,  in  thus  paying  my  tribute  of 
respect  and  affection  to  a  day  and  a  condition  that  are  passe/]. 
Those  of  you  who  do  not  sympathize  in  these  feelings,  may 
at  least  believe  that  in  some  of  us  they  are  very  deep  and 
strong. 

But  the  Church  does  not  exist  for  the  indulgence  of  my 
personal  sentiments  and  associations,  however  tender  and 
sacred.  I  am  forced  to  recognize  that  the  conditions  have 
changed,  and  that  they  can  not  be  reproduced.  We  must 
confront  the  actual  facts  of  the  day.  I  believe  that,  in  one 
way  or  another,  both  the  white  race  and  the  colored  race, 
consciously  or  unconsciously,  demand  a  different  arrange- 
ment of  our  ecclesiastical  institutions.  I  believe  that  some 
separate  organization  for  our  colored  work  is  coming  in  the 
near  future.  In  fact,  I  feel  confident  that  the  General  Con- 
vention of  this  year  1907  will  take  definite  action  in  this 
direction.  It  is,  therefore,  for  us  to  take  counsel  together 
and  say  what,  in  our  judgment,  that  action  should  be.  And  I 
believe  that  the  voice  of  no  Southern  Diocese  will  be  heard 
with  more  respect  on  this  question  than  the  voice  of  our  own 
Diocese  of  jSTorth  Carolina. 

Practically  two  solutions  of  the  problem  are  proposed :  first, 
the  consecration  of  Suffragan  Bishops  to  have  charge  under 
the  Diocesan  Bishops  of  the  Colored  Clergy  and  congrega- 
tions ;  second,  the  organization  of  the  Colored  Clergy  and  con- 
gregations of  contiguous  Dioceses  into  a  Missionary  Jurisdic- 
tion, by  the  consent  of  the  Bishops  and  congregations  inter- 
ested ;  and  the  consecration  of  a  Bishop  for  such  Missionary 
Jurisdiction.  Such  Missionary  Bishop  would  have  a  seat  in 
the  House  of  Bishops,  and  his  jurisdiction  would  be  repre- 
sented in  the  House  of  Deputies  as  is  a  Missionary  District  at 
present.  Such  Missionary  Bishop  would  also  be  in  a  measure 
required  to  act  in  co-operation  with  a  Council,  composed  of 
those  Bishops  within  whose  Dioceses  his  jurisdiction  should 
extend. 

The  second  of  the  above  propositions  is,  in  effect,  but  a 
slight  modification  of  a  canon  originally  draughted  by  that 
eminent  divine  and  canonist,  Bishop  TVnittingham,  of  Mary- 


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land;  it  has  been  more  or  less  before  the  church  for  some 
years ;  it  is  specially  advocated  by  the  Conference  of  Colored 
Clergymen  who  favor  separate  organizations;  and  it  is  now 
before  this  Convention  in  a  communication  from  the  General 
Convention,  asking  an  expression  of  our  judgment  upon  it. 

Believing,  in  spite  of  my  strong  adverse  sentiments,  that 
something  must  be  done  in  this  direction,  I  am  distinctly  in 
favor  of  the  proposed  Canon  for  a  Missionary  Jurisdiction. 
I  believe  it  meets  the  necessities  of  the  situation  much  more 
fairly  and  fully  than  any  scheme  of  Suffragan  Bishops  could 
do ;  and  I  am  of  the  opinion  that  if  we  are  to  have  a  separate 
organization  for  the  Colored  people,  we  should  endeavor  to 
make  it  such  as  may  be  most  acceptable  to  them,  as  this 
scheme  is  understood  to  be.  It  is  further  to  be  remembered 
that  if  such  a  Canon  be  passed  it  will  not  operate  except  by 
the  free  and  voluntary  action  of  the  Bishops  within  whose 
Diocese  there  may  be  congregations  and  clergymen  of  the 
Colored  race  desiring  to  be  included  in  such  a  Missionary 
Jurisdiction. 

If  I  am  correctly  informed,  our  Committee  will  report  in 
favor  of  this  proposed  Canon;  and  we  may  very  properly,  I 
think,  request  our  deputies  to  the  General  Convention  to  use 
their  influence  in  favor  of  this  solution  of  the  problem. 

In  conclusion,  I  may  say  that  the  Convocation  of  our  own 
Colored  Clergy  and  congregations  at  its  annual  meeting  last 
August  passed  a  resolution  to  the  effect  that  in  this  question 
of  special  organization  they  were  "willing  to  submit  the  ques- 
tion to  the  General  Convention,  and  to  follow  their  godly 
judgments." 

If,  therefore,  I  might  suggest  what  seems  to  me  the  best 
action  to  be  taken  at  this  time,  I  would  propose  the  adoption 
of  a  brief  preamble  setting  forth  the  fact  that  present  condi- 
tions seem  to  require  some  special  and  separate  organization 
of  the  Colored  work,  with  a  resolution  advocating  the  passage 
of  the  Canon  for  the  Missionary  Jurisdiction,  above  referred 
to ;  and  another  resolution  appointing  a  Committee  to  report 
to  our  Diocesan  Convention  of  1908  the  action  necessary  for 
carrying  into  effect  such  scheme  of  Colored  organization  and 
work  as  may  be  provided  for  by  the  action  of  the  General 
Convention.  While  this  might  not  be  entirely  satisfactory  to 
all  the  members  of  this  Convention,  it  seems  to  me  to  be  such 
as  would  be  satisfactory  to  the  majority  of  our  Clergy  and 
delegates  of  both  races. 


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I  feel  sure  that  in  this,  as  in  all  matters,  the  Convention 
of  the  Diocese  of  North  Carolina  will  keep  the  Unity  of  the 
Spirit  in  the  bond  of  peace ;  and  that  speaking  the  truth  in 
love  we  shall  grow  up  into  Him  in  all  thmgs,  which  is  tho 
Head,  even  Christ,  from  whom  the  whole  Body  fitly  joined 
together,  and  compacted  by  that  which  every  joint  supplieth, 
according  to  the  effectual  working  in  the  measure  of  every 
part,  maketh  increase  of  the  Body  unto  the  edifying  of  itself 
in  love.  Jos.  Blount  Cheshire, 

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